Head end from an anthropoid coffin
1991–1783 B.C., or later
Object Place for LabelEgypt
Medium/TechniqueWood, cartonnage, milky quartz, onyx, and bronze
DimensionsHeight x width x depth:78 x 32 x 15 cm (30 11/16 x 12 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Kathryn L. Maxson in memory of her father, Richard E.S. Maxson
Accession number1988.6
On View
On viewClassificationsTomb equipment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1988: Kathryn L. Maxson, Sherborn, Mass. (said to have been collected by her father, Richard E. S. Maxson, in Egypt many years ago); 1988: given to the MFA by Kathryn L. Maxson.
825–712 B.C.
late 1st century B.C. to early 1st century A.D.
50 B.C.–50 A.D.
1945–46
around 1870
late 18th–early 19th century
about 1985
about 1985
late 18th century
1933
mid-19th century